G.K. Chesterton on the Truth About Fallacies

Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.

—G.K. Chesterton, English writer (1874-1936)

Teenager Diagnoses Her Own Disease

For eight years, Jessica Terry, a teenager in Seattle, suffered from crippling stomach pain. When she wasn't doubled over from the cramping, she was ...

The Limits of the Human Will

Many of us act as if repentance is a matter of the will. [But] we can't "will" ourselves into change. We can't "will" ourselves ...

Our Preposterous Fantasies

God has made [our] fantasies … so preposterously unrewarding that we are forced to turn to him for help and for mercy. We seek wealth and find ...

Condemned and We Don't Even Know It

Dan Meyer, in his sermon "Why Remember the Passion?":

Years ago I traveled to Ecuador and spent a couple of weeks traveling in the mountains. ...

Woman Sells Her Virginity at Auction

Natalie, a 22-year-old woman from San Diego, California, has decided to pay for her Masters Degree by selling something that is precious and belongs only ...

Evil Needs Two Victories to Triumph

To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory, when evil is returned. ...

Jesus, the Only Solution

Robert Webber writes in Who Gets to Narrate the World?:

I was traveling on a plane from San Francisco to Los Angeles a few years ago. I was sitting next ...

Kay Warren Sees Human Capacity for Evil

Kay Warrrent writes:

The first time I visited Rwanda, I went looking for monsters, albeit a different category of monster—the kind that isn't ...

The Country of the Blind

English author H. G. Wells, famous for science fiction novels like The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds, once wrote a short ...